Xbox One backwards compatibility announced
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@Drakesmoke Kingdoms of Amalur was fantastic. If only they'd put their money into developing a sequel instead of an MMO and it could have been a different story for them altogether. Regardless of whether or not it's made BC, if you get the chance to play it, you really should.

It also happens to be one of the first games that got all the achievements for. Talking about it now, I almost wish I hadn't traded it in.

I played through it twice pretty much back to back, I enjoyed it so much. I found the weapons in particular very satisfying to use. Feels a bit weird and loose going back to it now, but it's still enjoyable enough.

Unfortunately, whilst adapters might be able to skirt around Microsoft's insistence that only peripherals designed for Xbox One will work on Xbox One, it's very unlikely Microsoft would have any interest in making a game available on backwards compatibility that could only be played by using an adapter specifically designed to circumvent their own hardware security.

If I were them I'd have just let people use Xbox 360 stuff on Xbox One. They'd still be selling Microsoft peripherals after all, so they'd still make money.

At least Sony don't always block stuff working on both generations if it connects via USB. Not only can you use the same Disney Infinity NFC portals for both PS3 and PS4, you can even use the one for Wii and Wii U! The only ones that are locked to specific consoles are the Xbox One and Xbox 360 versions.

Gah, I can tell I am going to end up going down the list, buying everything I might ever want to play, probably even those I have the discs for, so I don't have to faff with discs. Will end up coming to a pretty price, for sure.

Technoishmatt wrote:
Gah, I can tell I am going to end up going down the list, buying everything I might ever want to play, probably even those I have the discs for, so I don't have to faff with discs. Will end up coming to a pretty price, for sure.

Same.

Even if I hold off on Left 4 Dead (thanks @samharper @baihu1983) there's plenty in there at a crazy low price, bound to pick up a few things.

Also, I see that Vanquish has apparently replaced CODBLOPS II as "thing that people always request when Major Nelson tweets about backwards compatibility"

Trigger heart Excelica is pretty mediocre, although there's some fun to be had in the anchoring and throwing system. Still, you can see it was a port of a fairly average Dreamcast game that wouldn't have got attention if it hadn't been the first shmup on XBLA.

E4 is pretty cool, so you should definitely jump on that. It lacks the portability of the PSP version, but it arguably plays better, so there's that.